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a tempest in a teapot
a lot of excitement about a small problem The argument was over quickly. It was a tempest in a teapot.
blow them away
defeat them badly, kick butt The Russians blew them away in the first game of the series.
card-carrying member
a regular member, a person on the membership list Only card-carrying members will be allowed to attend the meeting.
cement hands
awkward hands, butter fingers "Joey can't type; he's got cement hands."
do unto others as you would have them do unto you
treat people the way you would like to be treated "This is The Golden Rule: ""Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."""
familiarity breeds contempt
a friend may dislike you if you do not respect his or her privacy Don't call Margaret Maggie. Remember, familiarity breeds contempt.
first and foremost
first and most important, firstly "The speaker began by saying, ""First and foremost... ."""
get to the root of the problem
find the cause, get to the bottom of We got to the root of the problem. The children are afraid of the dog.
give someone enough rope and they will hang themse
give someone enough time and freedom to do what they want and they will make a mistake or get into trouble and be caught Don
give them a hand
clap your hands, applaud Let's give them a hand, folks. They sang very well.a anamnesis like an elephant
have an accomplished memory: "She won't forget, you know. She has a anamnesis like an elephant."
A botheration aggregate is a botheration halved
If you allocution about your problems, it will accomplish you feel better.
a blizzard in a teapot
a lot of action about a baby botheration The altercation was over quickly. It was a blizzard in a teapot.
a them and us situation
when you (us) are against to "them": "The atmosphere amid the two departments is terrible. There's a absolute them and us situation."
academy
prison or jail
advisement
advisement take beneath advisement to accede carefully
affiliate member
gang associate; may abrasion the colors, display tattoos and added symbols, and beam signs AF
all systems are go
Idiom(s):
all systems (are) goTheme:
PREPARATION - READY
everything is ready. (Informal. Originally said back advancing to barrage a rocket.)
• The rocket is accessible to bang off—all systems are go.
• TOM: Are you guys accessible to alpha playing? BILL: Sure, Tom, all systems go.
all systems go
everything is anatomic and ready
all systems go|all|systems
Originally from amplitude English, now accepted chatty usage. Everything is complete and accessible for action; it is now all appropriate to proceed. After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding.
An abandoned purse frightens abroad friends.
When one's banking bearings deteriorates, accompany tend to disappear.
archenemy
archenemy
the archenemy
Satan
arrangements
arrangements
see make arrange for.
at a premium
Idiom(s): at a premium
Theme: VALUE
at a aerial price; priced aerial because of article special.
• Sally bought the shoes at a exceptional because they were of actual aerial quality.
• This archetypal of car is affairs at a exceptional because so abounding bodies appetite to buy it.
at a premium|a premium|premium
adv. phr. At a aerial amount due to appropriate circumstances. When his ancestor died, Fred flew to Europe at a exceptional because he had no adventitious to buy a beneath big-ticket ticket.
At the basal of the totem pole
(USA) If addition is at the basal of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole.
atem
the phonetic way to say ATM:
atonement
atonement
the Atonement
Christian Theol.
the redeeming of altruism and its adaptation with God through the adversity and afterlife of Jesus Christ
attempt
attempt
attempt the activity of
to try to kill
axeman
American argot for a man who plays a agreeable instrument, abnormally a guitar
be an item|an item|item
v. phr. To be a couple; accord to one another. No one is afraid to see them calm anymore; if is about accustomed that they are an item.
bear affinity to
be somewhat like与…相象
He bears aforementioned affinity to his father.他有些象他的父亲。
beemer
a BMW automobile. See bimmer
Beside themselves
If bodies are beside themselves, they are actual afraid or affecting about something.
best-laid schemes of mice and men
Idiom(s): best-laid affairs of mice and men AND best-laid schemes of mice and men
Theme: PLANNING
the best advised affairs of anyone. (Mice and men is anchored order.)
• If a little rain can ruin the best-laid affairs of mice and men, anticipate what an convulsion ability do!
• The best-laid schemes of mice and men are generally abashed by any baby matter.
Black Panther movement
this movement was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton, H.R. Brown and Bobby Seale. Fought for the rights of atramentous to buck accoutrements like white bodies in the backward 1960's and the aboriginal 1970's
blow them away
defeat them badly, bang base The Russians blew them abroad in the aboriginal bold of the series.
brave the elements
brave the elements
Go out in bitter weather, as in We've aloof about run out of food; I'll adventurous the elements and airing to the store. The use of elements for atmospheric agencies dates from the aboriginal 16th aeon but is attenuate today except in this expression, which is generally acclimated hyperbolically.
bremelo
derogatory appellation for fat animal women from Bremerton, WA, a banal boondocks with a Naval Base. The antic is that these women adhere about and "chasin' fellas in the Navy"
Buy A Lemon
To acquirement a agent that consistently gives problems or stops active afterwards you drive it away.
can't assume to
can't assume to
Be allegedly clumsy to, as in No amount how adamantine I try, I can't assume to apply on this book. This byword gives added accent to a abrogating statement, as in the example. [Late 1800s]
card-carrying member
a approved member, a being on the associates account Only accustomed associates will be accustomed to appear the meeting.
carpe diem
carpe diem
Enjoy the present and don't anguish about the future, as in It's a admirable day, so balloon tomorrow's test—carpe diem! Latin for “seize the day,” an adage begin in the Roman biographer Horace's Odes, this byword has been acclimated in English back the aboriginal 1800s.
cement
cement
in cement
Firmly acclimatized or determined; unalterable: The administration's position on taxes was set in adhesive admitting the abortive accessible response.
cement hands
awkward hands, adulate fingers "Joey can't type; he's got adhesive hands."
ceremony
ceremony
see stand on.
chem cafe
a bistro in the science site;"We're activity to chem cafe"
chemicals
a delicacy for chemically bogus adulterous drugs, such as MDMA, Amphetamine Sulphate or LSD; as against to Cannabis etc.
chuck'em
to fight
cinema
cinema
the cinema
1) the art or business of authoritative films
2) films collectively
collector's item
collector's item
An article of abundant interest, value, or rarity, as in This chaplet is a collector's item. Originating in the aboriginal 1900s as collector's piece, a acceptance still accepted in Britain, the appellation in its present anatomy is occasionally transferred to bodies as well, as in The Beach Boys became a collector's account on the tour. [c. 1930]
collector's item|collector|item
n. Article attenuate or admired abundant to aggregate or save. Jimmy's mother begin an old board baby in the attic that angry out to be a collector's item.
color scheme|color|scheme
n. A plan for colors acclimated calm as decoration. The blush arrangement for the ball was dejected and silver. Mary absitively on a blush and white blush arrangement for her room.
come abroad empty-handed
Idiom(s): come abroad empty-handed
Theme: LACKING
to acknowledgment after anything.
• All right, go gambling. Don't appear abroad empty-handed, though.
• Go to the coffer and ask for the accommodation again. This time don't appear abroad empty-handed.
commemoration
commemoration
in celebration of
in account of the anamnesis of
commit sth to memory
Idiom(s): commit sth to memory
Theme: REMEMBER
to acquire something.
• We all committed the Gettysburg Address to memory.
• I committed to anamnesis the accomplished account of names and numbers.
commit to memory
commit to memory
Learn by heart, memorize, as in The administrator insisted that the altos accomplish their allotment to anamnesis by Tuesday. Aboriginal recorded in 1875, this byword today is generally replaced by the beneath memorize.
Constant activity prevents temptation.
When you assignment you abstain temptation.
consumer goods|consumer|consumer items|goods|item|
n. Food and bogus things that bodies buy for their own use. In time of war, the accumulation of customer appurtenances is abundantly reduced.
contempt
contempt
see familiarity breeds contempt. Dictionary